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en las células, las que funcionan como unidades morfogenéticas
primordiales o ladrillos generadores de forma, y a partir
de ellas se transmite a niveles de organización biológica más
complejos tales como tejidos y órganos, para finalmente moldear
al organismo completo. El proceso generador de forma
no sólo depende de la acción de genes y de su interacción con
el medio ambiente, sino que además se rige por los principios
generales de la física y las matemáticas, una idea inspirada
en el legado de Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson en su libro
titulado On Growth and Form (1917).
Palabras clave: forma, morfogénesis, biología, ontogenia.
ONTOGENy OF THE FORM OF LIVING BEINGS
Abstract: The form of living beings has its origin in the
temporal dimensions of ontogeny and phylogeny and is the
result of deterministic and regulative strategies. In animal
ontogeny, form is initially expressed in the cells, which work
as primary morphogenetic units or form building blocks, and
it is then transmitted from them to more complex levels of
biological organization such as tissue and organs, to finally
mold the entire organism. The generation of form depends
not only on the action of genes and their interaction with the
environment, but is also governed by the general principles
of physics and mathematics, an idea inspired by the legacy
of Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson in his book entitled On
Growth and Form (1917).
Keywords: form, morphogenesis, biology, ontogeny.
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